Headlight-holder for automobiles.



PATENTED OCT. 24, 1905.

J. L. DE GOOD. HEADLIGHT HOLDER FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 8' 1904i.

WITNESSES W Wa/ fl tUNIED grapes PATENT prion.

JOSEPH L. DE GOOD, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT L. JOHNSON AND CHARLES H. JOHNSON, OF DE"ROIT,

MICHIGAN.

HEADLlGl-lT-l-IOLDER FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Patented Oct. 24, 1905.

Application filed August 3, 1904- Serial No. 220,153.

To [L7], whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LJosnrH L. De G001), a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Head]ight-Holders for Automobiles; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to headlight-holders for automobiles.

It has for its object an improved headlightholder arranged to hold either a central headlight or side headlights, or both, and to turn or direct the lanterns so that the rays of light are projected in a direction to correspond with that of the guiding-wheels as distinguished from the true fore-and-aft axial line of the carriage-body.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation showing a central headlight and indicating a side light. Fig. 2 is a perspective of a forked lever which carries a central headlight. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the operatwe part. Fig.

4 is a sectional view of the coupling.

1 indicates a front wheel mounted on a pivotal extension of an axle 2, that is secured to the frame of the vehicle either with or without interposed springs, but in a position of fixed angularity with respect to the side-bars or frame-bod y.

3 indicates a parallel bar employed to turn the wheels and steer the vehicle.

To the under side of the axle is pivotally secured a lever I, the rear end of which is provided with a slot 5. A pin on the parallel bar engages through slot 5 and oscillates the lever A. The front end of the lever 4 is provided with a vertical post 41, which is provided with suitable supports 4:2 4:3 for the lamp, adapted to engage through side lugs or side brackets thereon. The shifting of the parallel bar of the steering apparatus turns the post on the pin which extends through the slot 5 and turns the lamp, which always emits its rays of light in a direction in the nearest possible approximation in the course to he traveled by the vehicle. To provide for a similar and contemporaneous shifting of the side lights, which are usually carried upon the body of the vehicle, and to obviate any disturbance of the lamp and its connections, due to the vibration of the carriage-body on the springs, a post a, mounted on the outer end of crank-arm 9, is passed through a bracket 11, which is lixed to the carriage-body. On this post the side light is fixed. The bracket 11 slides up and down the post a as the body responds to the vibratory impulse of the springs without affecting the steadiness or rotatability of the lamp. The crank-arm is connected by a link member 8 to a coupling 7, which is pivoted by pin 12 to the parallel bar 3.

What I claim is 1. In combination with the steering apparatus of a motor-vehicle, a lamp-supporting lever pivotally connected therewith, one end thereof serving as a bracket for the lamp and the other end thereof being pierced with a longitudinal slot for the engagement therethrough of a pin, and a lever member parallel with the axle and connected therewith, said member carrying a pin projecting through said slot and arranged to control thereby the movement of said lamp-supporting lever, substantially as described.

2. In combination with the steering apparatus of a motorwehicle, a lever member pivotally mounted thereon, one end of said lever member serving a support for the lamp and the other end having a slot therein, and means carried by the axle of the steering-wheels and engaging through said slot whereby said lever is actuated in either di rection by a corresponding movementof said steering-wheel axle, substantially as described.

3. In combination with the steering apparatus of a motorvehiele, a lever member piv otally mounted thereon, adapted to carry a lamp on its forward end and having its other end prepared for a sliding engagement with a controlling member, and means carried by the steering-axle arranged to sliding] y engage said end of the pivoted lever member, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

J OSEPH L. DE GOOD.

Vl itnesses:

WILLIAM M. SWAN, IVIAY E. Ko'r'r. 

